Sarah Otterstrom
@ottermarie.bsky.social
I am a Mom and a biodiversity conservationist.
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I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
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Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
Bogong moths navigate 1000 kilometers across Australia to remote alpine caves by following the stars and Earth’s magnetic field.
medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
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In other new, Spokane Transit was recently accepted as a transit agency member of @nacto.bsky.social!
STA has long benefited from their resources for bus stop design. Membership is next level collaboration.
nacto.org/latest/nacto...
STA has long benefited from their resources for bus stop design. Membership is next level collaboration.
nacto.org/latest/nacto...
NACTO Welcomes Five Cities and Transit Agencies as New Members - NACTO
Belgrade, Montana; the Jacksonville Transportation Authority; the Montgomery Department of Transportation; the Spokane Transit Authority; and the Toronto Transit Commission join network of more than 1...
nacto.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In other new, Spokane Transit was recently accepted as a transit agency member of @nacto.bsky.social!
STA has long benefited from their resources for bus stop design. Membership is next level collaboration.
nacto.org/latest/nacto...
STA has long benefited from their resources for bus stop design. Membership is next level collaboration.
nacto.org/latest/nacto...
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A Trump-aligned dark money group is bankrolling the Utah GOP's push to repeal the state's anti-gerrymandering law.
Securing American Greatness, which spent tens of millions supporting Trump, just dropped 7 figures into the effort.
Story: dub.sh/LIxsPIR
Securing American Greatness, which spent tens of millions supporting Trump, just dropped 7 figures into the effort.
Story: dub.sh/LIxsPIR
Trump-aligned dark money backs Utah GOP prop. 4 repeal
A Trump-aligned 501(c)(4), Securing American Greatness, is bankrolling Utah GOP efforts to repeal anti-gerrymandering Prop 4; signature drive underway statewide.
dub.sh
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A Trump-aligned dark money group is bankrolling the Utah GOP's push to repeal the state's anti-gerrymandering law.
Securing American Greatness, which spent tens of millions supporting Trump, just dropped 7 figures into the effort.
Story: dub.sh/LIxsPIR
Securing American Greatness, which spent tens of millions supporting Trump, just dropped 7 figures into the effort.
Story: dub.sh/LIxsPIR
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86 million girls were vaccinated as part of a campaign led by Gavi. Its HPV vaccination program is a key piece of WHO's global strategy to put cervical cancer on a path to elimination. But the pace of its progress is now under threat after unexpected funding cuts by the US government.
US funding cuts imperil global efforts to eliminate cervical cancer | CNN
Maina Modu, an immunization officer in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, lost his wife, Hauwa, to cervical cancer in 2011. She was one of the 349,000 women globally who die from the preventable canc...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
86 million girls were vaccinated as part of a campaign led by Gavi. Its HPV vaccination program is a key piece of WHO's global strategy to put cervical cancer on a path to elimination. But the pace of its progress is now under threat after unexpected funding cuts by the US government.
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Viral Sparrow Song Takes Canada By Storm
#SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #Birdsong #ecology grrlscientist.substack.com/p/viral-spar...
#SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #Birdsong #ecology grrlscientist.substack.com/p/viral-spar...
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Viral Sparrow Song Takes Canada By Storm
#SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #Birdsong #ecology grrlscientist.substack.com/p/viral-spar...
#SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #Birdsong #ecology grrlscientist.substack.com/p/viral-spar...
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I recorded a short video op-ed to help cut through the noise surrounding the ongoing COP30 climate conference. In short: now is not the time to scale back our efforts to address climate change--quite the opposite, as the intensifying consequences have never been clearer.
Now is not the time to scale back efforts to address climate change!
As the #COP30 #climate conference unfolds, competing narratives from scientists, politicians, and influential billionaires swirl. In this brief video op-ed, climate scientist Daniel Swain cuts through the noise to explain why the present moment is an especially consequential one--including where wer
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November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I recorded a short video op-ed to help cut through the noise surrounding the ongoing COP30 climate conference. In short: now is not the time to scale back our efforts to address climate change--quite the opposite, as the intensifying consequences have never been clearer.
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What a sad/incredibly important piece of journalism. If there is one thing we do as reporters--it's to document terrible moments in history that must be remembered, written down in detail & shared. Thank you Tyler Hicks and your team for this vital work. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
What Our Photographer Saw as a Safe City Became a Blood Bath
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
What a sad/incredibly important piece of journalism. If there is one thing we do as reporters--it's to document terrible moments in history that must be remembered, written down in detail & shared. Thank you Tyler Hicks and your team for this vital work. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
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I am incredibly happy to discover that my friend’s book was selected as one of the NYT/NYPL best illustrated children’s books for 2025 for The Lighthouse Keeper. Felicidades @eugeniofv.bsky.social and Mariana!!! 🎉🥳🎊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The 2025 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I am incredibly happy to discover that my friend’s book was selected as one of the NYT/NYPL best illustrated children’s books for 2025 for The Lighthouse Keeper. Felicidades @eugeniofv.bsky.social and Mariana!!! 🎉🥳🎊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
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California is a global climate powerhouse.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
California is a global climate powerhouse.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Another criminal owl off the streets. We won’t stop until every last one of them is behind bars.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Another criminal owl off the streets. We won’t stop until every last one of them is behind bars.
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Pope Leo is not mincing words about the “grave crimes” being committed against migrants in certain places.
It’s no wonder the Vatican took a full week to publish this speech in English.
But now they have, and we can spread the message.
(via @colleendulle on IG & the Inside the Vatican podcast)
It’s no wonder the Vatican took a full week to publish this speech in English.
But now they have, and we can spread the message.
(via @colleendulle on IG & the Inside the Vatican podcast)
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pope Leo is not mincing words about the “grave crimes” being committed against migrants in certain places.
It’s no wonder the Vatican took a full week to publish this speech in English.
But now they have, and we can spread the message.
(via @colleendulle on IG & the Inside the Vatican podcast)
It’s no wonder the Vatican took a full week to publish this speech in English.
But now they have, and we can spread the message.
(via @colleendulle on IG & the Inside the Vatican podcast)
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
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In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, moving through the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voi...
news.mongabay.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
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#BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#books #BookSky💙📚 #NativeAmerican #mythology #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
#BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#books #BookSky💙📚 #NativeAmerican #mythology #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
The Otter, the Spotted Frog and the Great Flood by Gerald Hausman and Ramon Shiloh -- Review
A beautifully illustrated Native American flood myth with several important and timely messages that will be enjoyed by new readers around the world.
substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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I've had to update the plot of the strongest tropical cyclones by ocean basin all too often in recent years, since climate change increases the number of high-end storms. Melissa has joined the club, tied with Dorian (2019) as strongest Atlantic hurricane recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico.
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I've had to update the plot of the strongest tropical cyclones by ocean basin all too often in recent years, since climate change increases the number of high-end storms. Melissa has joined the club, tied with Dorian (2019) as strongest Atlantic hurricane recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm